intellocracy

Philosophically, I find that Capitalism allows every individual citizen to usurp maximum in his powers, while the Communism snatches everything from him making him helpless. Openly, Capitalism is a derivation of Imperialism, while communism is derived from Democracy. But secretly, Capitalism is evolved out of democratic freedom, and the Communism finds its tools in imperialistic monopoly of ruling. If a society adopts Democracy, existence of natural social organism is at stake; and if Communism is adopted, individuality of the citizens is imperilled ultimately. Thus, both the systems are injurious to evolution of human civilization.Now the basic question is - whether there exists a possibility which nourishes both the human individuality and the human society. Current answer to it NO, but our answer to it is a YES. So far, undeveloped and under-developed nations have not applied their minds on evolving a system of governance which suits their own requirements and circumstances, but have borrowed the systems from the developed world, which misfit their expectations and circumstances. Such a new system of Governance is what er call ‘Intellocracy’, meaning thereby that intellectually superior individuals of the society shall rule the country to pull up all downtrodden and intellectually weak individuals to their level, leading to a healthy democracy ultimately. Intellocracy is a philosophical approach to governance, based on uniformity of opportunities to all to blossom, directed at overall development of the nation and progress of all all individuals of the society in accordance with their performances. The greatest beneficiary of the new system is the poorest of the country getting opportunities in all sectors of life equal to the best in the society. The ruling intellectual class has little to gain in the new system as it shall enjoy facilities and have opportunities equal to the most backward in the society. The system utilizes the the intellectual reservoir of the country for its overall development. In its design, various philosophical considerations are as follows :

Human Psychology :
People want something based upon their individual exposures and limitations. If they are provided only what they want, there can’t be any progress. Purpose of a government is to provide its people greater exposure and capabilities. On this count, Democracy fails miserably as it can not deliver what people don’t want

.Individualism :
Individuals as basic units of society must be developed perfectly in physical, mental, psychological, ethical, aesthetic and philosophical terms. This is the most basic tenet of Intellocracy. Physical health, education of Arts and Sciences, and moral character are three basic inputs of development of an individual. Thinking capability and exponence of philosophies are important outputs of a developed person.Individual conscience is the science of all sciences and the only fundamental source of wholeness of the individual with social subjectivity. Intellocracy aims at blossoming consciences of all its constituents, though individual differences matter and must be given due weightage. Intellocracy aims at developing all its constituents to perfect levels, through understanding their differential parameters, problems and potentials; and then providing them optimum opportunities and guidance for development. For this, Intellocracy’s basic acceptance of reality ‘that all are not equal - physically and mentally’ is the key. Accordingly, similar treatment to all yields no results. Development can not be forced through facilities and charities which, on the other hand, make people to feel inferior - the beggars. Development is an evolutionary process which can only be induced through providing opportunities and respect to the individual’s plain realities, how-so-ever bitter these may be. Imaginary perceptions of equality leads us to imaginary development, leading to more dangerous perceptions.

Realm of Two Wills :
Left to himself, every individual in the world behaves the same way - looking for delicious food, sexual pleasures, unbridled freedom, and unparallelled self-esteem. This is virtual will only partially materialised in practical lives. Apart from this virtual will, every individual has a real will to be looked by others, and so behaves in a decent and disciplined way. This will is also deeply ingrained in human psyche, like the virtual will. Basic reason for these two diametrically opposite existencies in every individual, is the will to procreate for his immortal existence in the world. Buffer zone between these two wills is the pregnancy and the foetal development inside a woman’s womb. From the ecstasy of wild sexual pleasures before pregnancy, the person starts getting restrained and disciplined as the foetus keep on developing into a new born.The virtual and the real wills coexist in every human-being for the whole of his life. No governance system has ever thought of, and hence never though of catering to both these wills, almost all subjecting the virtual will to the real’s subordination in varying degrees, with imperialism at one end and the communism at the other.  The Intellocracy caters to both at the same time. It provides liberty to the individual within boundaries of his personal life to satisfy his virtual will, and simultaneously, it restrains the individual as a social unit to social-discipline to satisfy his real will. This leads to overall development of the individual.As a result, personal living rooms of the individuals shall be treated as sacrosancts by Intellocracy and the state disallowed to peep into these. While outside, the individuals shall be subjected to strict social scrutiny.

Totality Approach :
Intellocracy is not merely a strategy for capturing and retaining ruling power - like the Plutarchy and Communism, nor merely like a half-baked economic strategy - like the Communism, nor merely a social transformation - as tried by many social reformers. It is a philosophical approach covering all the three aspects of modern human societies - all three interacting and influencing each other.

Realistic Approach :
Intellocracy is a lesson from our past glorious people that we must strive for the best, irrespective of what is in practice. Betterment is a revolutionary these not persuable by routine practitioners. Intellocracy is based on hard realities of present - socio-economic disparities, ruled-ruling gaps, etc., and aims basically at active and conscious involvement of intellectuals in the governance and other affairs of the nation. It is a philosophy of living in the present, not sacrificing the present for a future, and not over-shadowing it by the past.our relationship to past, and our road to a future is solely governed by our present actions, neither  by the past glories nor dreams of a future. We have to be fully conscious of our present, for linking it the past, and or planning for a future.        

Citizenship :
In every democracy in the developing and under-developed world, there are millions of citizens who have no shelter of their own in their fatherlands, while many other citizens have multiple spacious houses under their command. Those having no shelter in their own, can not ne expected to have any affinity with the fatherland. Intellocracy proviides for a minimum respectable space for each of its constituents for residential purpose free of charge, to inculcate in him a feeling that he is also an owner of the nation. This is also his license of citizenship of the nation. The details of this scheme are given section ‘Land Management under Intellocracy’.

Means of Production :
There are mainly two types of means of production - capital-intensive  industries, and the labor-intensive agriculture. Industrialists earning through their efforts are left free to produce more and earn more, thus contributing more to the national wealth. The farming sector is safeguarded from gaining control of more means of production through use of capital. For this purpose, all land of the nation is put under state control, and is provided to any citizen desiring to put his labor to cultivate the fields of his desired size and location on a nominal lease-rent basis. Thus, nobody but the labor of the farmer shall control this means of production.

Global Vision, Local Action :
It is good to have a global vision for our future, but for this we can not afford to ignore our local conditions. For this reason, Intellocracy provides for action based on local conditions of a nation, for fulfilling global aspirations of the nation. Ignoring local conditions and imitating foreign activities is costing the present democracies, like India, dearly. For example, computerisation is good for meeting a nation’s global aspirations, but mass-scale unemployment in the nation must be considered first before taking up computerisation. No nation can become a global power if its youth have unemployment and under-utilization. 

Cooperation vs Competition : 
I am of firm opinion that competition is against human’s will of being social animals. Each of the human society has its evolution in mutual cooperation. Competition is a wild animalistic trait, which arises only when demand and supply of something is unbalanced which is a result of lack of planning. Intellocracy puts maximum stress on demand forecasting and adjust production accordingly, to eliminate any competition in a nation. For this purpose, the nation will have a high-powered ‘Demand Forecasting Commission’ and its directions for production of various item in the country shall be binding. The Commission shall also regulate prices of produced commodities.Based on these philosophies of human nature, the Intellocracy is going to be proved as the most humanistic system of governance.  

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